Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2004, 7:54 AM CDT for Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2004, 7:54 AM CDT (12:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2004, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Franklin County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 317 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
592 WUUS54 KTSA 211254 SVRTUL ARC047-211345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 754 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS * UNTIL 845 AM CDT * AT 754 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES WEST OF OZARK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...OZARK... DENNING...ALTUS AND WIEDERKEHR VILLAGE. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3554 9408 3537 9408 3538 9369 3570 9369 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 5:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 500 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2004 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-221100- ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK- CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK- LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK- OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK- PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK- WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR- 500 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2004 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT... TWO STORM COMPLEXES WERE MERGING ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE EVENTUAL LARGE STORM COMPLEX WILL SPREAD EAST AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. ISOLATED STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL OCCUR. THIS MORNING COMPLEX OF STORMS WILL STABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE AND LEAVE A BOUNDARY STALLED IN NORTH TEXAS. THIS BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO LIFT BACK INTO SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING AND BE THE FOCUS FOR NEW STORM DEVELOPMENT. WINDS ALOFT WILL BE RATHER WEAK...BUT STRONG INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT A SEVERE STORM THREAT. THE EXPECTED TRAINING OF INDIVIDUAL CELLS ACROSS THE SAME AREA WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE RAINS THAT MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. THE FINAL POSITION OF THE BOUNDARY WILL DETERMINE WHAT AREAS WILL SEE THE GREATEST RISK. AS OF EARLY THIS MORNING IT APPEARS THAT THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR STORMS AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD THREAT MAY DEVELOP. ALL INTERESTS IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTERS MAY NEED TO ACTIVATE TODAY OR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY WITH ANOTHER POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING FRIDAY...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 2:13 AM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
213 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2004
OKZ054>056-059>061-064-067-210815-
CREEK OK-NOWATA OK-OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER
OK-WASHINGTON OK-
213 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...ROGERS...PAWNEE...TULSA...CREEK
AND WAGONER
AT 211 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTH OF PEARSONIA TO 3 MILES WEST OF
CLEVELAND TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DRUMRIGHT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
MANNFORD...CLAREMORE...CATOOSA...PAWHUSKA...HOMINY...BARNSDALL...
TULSA...SAND SPRINGS... BIXBY...JENKS...OWASSO...GLENPOOL...
SPERRY...SKIATOOK...COLLINSVILLE...BROKEN ARROW...
BARTLESVILLE...COWETA...KIEFER ...DRUMRIGHT...OILTON...KELLYVILLE
AND SAPULPA.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND A
PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN. THESE WIND GUSTS COULD BREAK A FEW SMALL
BRANCHES OR BLOW LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
541 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2004
OKZ064>066-071-211145-
CREEK OK-MCINTOSH OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
541 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
CREEK AND OKMULGEE
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
OKFUSKEE
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
MCINTOSH
AT 541 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRISTOW TO 2 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BOLEY TO 38 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEARDEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
OKEMAH...WELEETKA...BEARDEN...OKMULGEE...HENRYETTA...MORRIS...
BEGGS...BRISTOW AND MOUNDS.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.Special weather statement, Jun 21, 6:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
624 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2004
OKZ073-211230-
PITTSBURG OK-
624 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
PITTSBURG
AT 624 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANOLA TO 17 MILES WEST
OF SCIPIO TO 35 MILES WEST OF ASHLAND...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
A LARGE PORTION OF PITTSBURG COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS
THROUGH 730 AM CDT.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.Special weather statement, Jun 21, 7:40 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
740 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2004
OKZ070-072-074-076-211345-
HASKELL OK-LE FLORE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
740 AM CDT MON JUN 21 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
MUSKOGEE AND SEQUOYAH
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
HASKELL AND NORTHERN LE FLORE
AT 740 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF WARNER TO 5 MILES WEST OF
BRIARTOWN TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEWISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS
INCLUDE...
STIGLER...LEQUIRE...KINTA...MC CURTAIN...WHITEFIELD...KEOTA...
SALLISAW...GANS...MULDROW...ROLAND...VIAN...GORE...
SHADY POINT...PANAMA...BOKOSHE...SPIRO...COWLINGTON...PORUM...
WARNER AND WEBBERS FALLS.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.